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Marc Ferris is a freelance journalist based in Cortlandt. He is the author of Star-Spangled Banner: The Unlikely Story of America's National Anthem and performs Star-Spangled Mystery, a one-person musical history tour.

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New Series Made With AI

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Many humans also involved, including Philipstown director

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Playing the Nave

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St. Mary’s Church hosts music for all folds

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The Artist Next Door: Meghan Spiro

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Transmuting suffering into wisdom

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Making Music with ‘Wounded’ Instruments

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Beacon artist releases two albums in two weeks

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Home Show

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Performance artists celebrate 10 years in Beacon

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The Artist Next Door: Katherine Potter

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Painting particular portraits

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Stopping for Tea

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Serial entrepreneur with bad back slows it down

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Broadway in Beacon

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Wine bar hosts monthly open mic

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Inside the Operating Room

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Cold Spring filmmaker shares hospital history

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KuBe Gets New Director

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Artist has grand plans for former Beacon High School

The Super Secret Projects gallery launched as a co-op in 2023.
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A Framework for Artists

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Collectives offer members space and support

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Into the Light

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Beacon cyanotype artist has first solo show

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An Artist, a Chef and a Gleaming Trailer

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Glenham couple caters to creative and French tastes

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A War of Words

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HVSF veteran recasts tragedy as ‘hip-hopera’

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All Hail the Queen!

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Shakespeare’s Margaret takes center stage

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Bomba y Plena

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Dancer and band team up to celebrate the islands

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Burkelman is Back

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After closing in Cold Spring, couple reopens store in Beacon

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Quieting the Angst

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Barnaby! frontwoman brings the noise

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Patsy Cline, with a Beacon Twang

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Bannerman Island to host tribute to country singer

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Arts Convergence

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Open Studios and Upstate Arts in one weekend

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Legacy defined by service, socializing

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An Infusion of Summer

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